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Date Sent: 2009-09-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, September 17, 2009 PM edition |
Police to get access to classified military intelligence
Harry Reid: Health care bill won’t work for Nevada -- Health-Care Reform and the Constitution - by Judge Andrew Napolitano --
US hero Pat Tillman thought Iraq war was 'imperial folly' -- White
House fails to issue clear guidance in Afghanistan -- Couple sues
Walmart and AZ over kids' nude bath pics -- House bill would kill subsidized student loans -- Treasury Seeks Consumer Allies for Wall Street Revamp
-- CREW Cut: Rangel on "Most Corrupt" List, Again -- Today marks the
222nd birthday of United States Constitution -- Lobbyists still run
Washington -- Could China Push to the Moon? - by David Galland -- The Credit Cycle Has Turned - by Bill Bonner
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News Link • Police State
Police to get access to classified military intelligence
09-16-2009
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Raw Story
In a move raising eyebrows among civil liberties advocates, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it would give so-called local and state “fusion centers” access to classified military intelligence in Pentagon databases.
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Jim Stachowiak
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama helps strengthen General Electric-Putin ties
09-17-2009
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Examiner
Shortly after the pullback on the shield programme was announced, Russia's government said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would meet several U.S. executives on Friday from firms including General Electric, Morgan Stanley as well as TPG, one of the wo
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News Link • Healthcare
Harry Reid: Health care bill won’t work for Nevada
09-17-2009
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LaasVegas Sun
No sooner than the Senate Finance Committee's chairman released his long-awaited health care bill today than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it's not good enough for Nevada.
Reid is concerned about the cash-poor state's inability to boost
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News Link • Surveillance
Boston launches flu shot tracking
City to pinpoint areas of low rates of vaccination
09-16-2009
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Boston.com
When people arrive for their shots, they will get an ID bracelet with a barcode. Next, basic information - name, age, gender, address - will be entered into the patient tracking database. There will be electronic records, too, of who gave the vaccine
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News Link • Constitution
Health-Care Reform and the Constitution by Judge Andrew Napolitano
09-17-2009
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online WSJ via Rense.com
"The president and his colleagues want to reward their supporters with 'free' health care that the rest of us will end up paying for."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Bush Administration
Surgeons still looking for Cheney's spine
09-17-2009
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Reuters
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was undergoing surgery on Thursday to treat an often-debilitating back condition caused by pressure on the nerves in the lower spine, his office said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Books
US hero Pat Tillman thought Iraq war was 'imperial folly'
09-16-2009
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Telegraph Media Group
The soldier and former American football player Pat Tillman who was killed in Afghanistan thought George W. Bush was a 'cowboy' and the Iraq an 'imperial folly'.
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Renee Houlihan
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News Link • WAR: About that War
White House fails to issue clear guidance in Afghanistan
09-17-2009
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McClatchy News
The White House presented Congress with eight general yardsticks to measure success in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but didn't say how they'd help the administration determine how well U.S. policy in the region is working.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Family
Peoria couple sue Walmart, state over kids' nude bath pics
09-17-2009
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Arizona Republic
A Peoria couple is suing Walmart and the state after they were accused of sexual abuse for taking bathtime photos of their daughters. Lisa and Anthony "A.J." Demaree's 3 young daughters were taken away by state Child Protective Services last fall whe
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Legislative Mischief
House bill would kill subsidized student loans
09-17-2009
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AP
[Turning fascism into communism.] The House is poised to vote to push private lenders out of the federal college loan business and massively expand the government's own lending program.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Events: Arizona
"The Power of Belief" Screening
09-17-2009
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Phoenix Objectivists
For their second meeting in September on the 24th, Phoenix Objectivists will host a viewing of John Stossel's 1999 report: "The Power of Belief".
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Implanted Tooth Helps Blind US Woman Recover Sight (AMAZING!)
09-17-2009
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breitbart.com via rense.com
...the medical team extracted Thornton's canine or "eyetooth" and surrounding bone, shaved and sculpted it, and drilled a hole into it to insert an optical cylinder lens.
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock
Feathered Bastard: "Declare Your Independence with Ernie Hancock" Features Yours Truly as
09-17-2009
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Feathered Bastard - Phoenix New Times
For being so forthcoming, I was willing in the course of argument to allow for him having a moon all to his own in outer space, free from the jackbooted thugs of his imagination.
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Jet Lacey
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News Link • General Opinion
Smoke 'em out of parksNew cig-ban plan
09-17-2009
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NY Post
New York City to smokers: Butt out of our parks.
Health Commissioner Thomas Farley announced yesterday he wants to ban smoking in public parks and city beaches as part of a plan to make New Yorkers healthier
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News Link • United Nations
The UN has outdone itself this time
09-17-2009
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Jerusalem News via Digg
More than 60 years may have passed since the State of Israel was founded, but clearly much of the world still seems incapable of forgiving us for having the gall to defend ourselves.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Treasury Seeks Consumer Allies for Wall Street Revamp
09-17-2009
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Bloomberg
The Treasury roundtables have been largely unpublicized, by invitation only and billed by some Democratic lawmakers as consumer-protection forums. The audiences are drawn in part from the rolls of a consumer-advocacy coalition that is pushing the leg
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News Link • Corruption
CREW Cut: Rangel on "Most Corrupt" List, Again
09-17-2009
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NBC
Rep. Charlie Rangel has been named one of the "most corrupt" members of congress for the second year in a row.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The Parajet Skycar redefines flying a car
09-17-2009
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www.greenlaunches.com
They say that the Parajet Skycar will be the world's first carbon neutral flying car. But what piques my interest is that a Skycar Expedition team plans to fly/drive/whatever the vehicle from London to Timbouctou in 2009. Using a combination of fligh
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Continental Congress 2009
TODAY IS 'CONSTITUTION AND CITIZENSHIP' DAY - ACT ACCORDINGLY!
09-17-2009
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GIVE ME LIBERTY . ORG
There is a 'Money Bomb' set for today through Saturday - please give - GET INVOLVED - "The Next Step for a Free People."
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Ed Vallejo
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News Link • Constitution
222nd birthday of United States Constitution provides opportunity for education
09-17-2009
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The Examiner
The Constitution of the United States will turn 222 years old on Thursday, September 17, 2009.
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Opinion • Energy
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Part 1: $20 PER GALLON OF GASOLINE
09-17-2009
Frosty Wooldridge
At one time, as a kid, I flipped a dime to the cashier to watch Vincent Price scare the heck out of me at a movie. I pulled out a nickel to pay for a Snickers candy bar. I bought a hamburger for 15 cents. I bought a school lunch for 35 cents. When
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News Link • Obama Administration
Lobbyists still run Washington
It was supposed to change when Obama took office. But D.C.'s inf
09-17-2009
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Salon/Tom Dispatch/Digg
The president's sprawling legislative agenda -- a healthcare overhaul, financial regulation reform, slashing wasteful military spending, and climate change legislation legislation -- is slowly grinding its way through the halls of Congress. Barack Ob
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Feature Article • Casey Research Articles
Could China Push to the Moon?
David Galland
Some analysts now contend that China can no longer afford to let the gold or silver price slump. The rationale behind that contention is that with the Chinese government now telling the general populace to buy precious metals, it would be highly prob
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